Colleges
The Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International
named Diana Hakenholz director of member services and Theresa Todd
part-time accountant and promoted Courtney Hudzik to database manager.

Dover International Speedway hired Stacey Mikulak as corporate account
executive. Mikulak was an intern at the NASCAR corporate marketing office in
New York.

Football
The Minnesota Vikings named a new ownership structure: Zygmunt Wilf,
chairman; Leonard Wilf, vice chairman; Mark Wilf, president; Lester
Bagley, vice president of public affairs and stadium development; Rob
Brzezinski, vice president of football operations; Steve LaCroix,
vice president of sales and marketing; Steve Poppen, vice president of
finance; and Kevin Warren, vice president of operations and legal counsel.

Horse Racing
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association named Craig Fravel Western
region consultant. The consultancy will not affect Fravel’s position at
Del Mar.

Churchill Downs Inc. named William Carstanjen general counsel and chief
development officer. Carstanjen was general counsel and managing director for
GE Commercial Finance-Energy Financial Services.

Lacrosse
The National Lacrosse League’s Edmonton Rush named Duane Vienneau president
and Ahmed “A.J.” Johma director of lacrosse operations.

Marketing
The Urban Sports and Entertainment Group LLC hired Nigel Hall as national
account manager. Hall was vice president of marketing for the NBDL’s Arkansas
RimRockers.

Other
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. hired Michael McNeil as vice president
of partnership marketing. McNeil was director of development for New York City’s
Olympic organization.

XOS Technologies hired Dave Almstead as senior vice president of programming
for XOS Network. Almstead was vice president and general manager of Comcast
Local.

Tickets.com named Larry Witherspoon and Andy Donkin co-presidents.
Witherspoon was vice president of technology services for the Seattle Mariners,
and Donkin was president of Tickets.com’s Internet ticketing division.

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Awards and Boards
The ECHL annual awards winners: Rob Patton of the Gwinnett (Ga.) Gladiators,
award for excellence for ticket sales; Jeremy Zager of the San Diego
Gulls, media relations award; the Bakersfield (Calif.) Condors and Long Beach
(Calif.) Ice Dogs, ticket departments of the year; the Pensacola (Fla.) Ice
Pilots, Award of Distinction; the Bakersfield Condors’ Web site, bakersfieldcondors.com,
Web site of the year.

The National Athletic Trainers’ Association inducted Gerald Bell, Pete
Carlon, Kathleen Laquale, Tony Marek and Rod Walters into its hall
of fame. The association also named Terry Noonan and Jim Thornton
to its board of directors.

Schutt Sports named Tim Maloney Sales its Agency of the Year for 2004. Members
of the agency include Tim Maloney, Eric Stoffel, Craig Schlichting, David
Greaux, Jim Bulkey, Don Starner, Dennis Gundling, Jeff Engle and Billy
Mills.

Dave Edson was named to the JELD-WEN Tradition Foundation board of directors.